Senators Narayanan Rajendran (at large)
Abdullah Alhurani (Nursing) A Reba Rye (at Large)
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci) Kimberly Sipes (at large)
Ken Andries (AFE) Peter Smith (LLP)
Nancy Capriles (BSS) Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW)
Rene Desborde (Business) Changzheng Wang (at large)
Gary Elliott (WYS) E
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE) A
Caroline Gibson (FIAR) Ex Officio Members and Guests
Cindy Glass (BSS) Aaron Thompson (President)
William Graham (EDU) A Marquettia Bivens (Registrar)
Robert Griffin (FIAR) David Shabazz (LLP)
Buddhi Gywali (AFE) Mara Merlino (BSS)
Dantrea Hampton (Library) James Obielodan (Grad Director)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci) Karen Heavin (Math & Sci)
Robert Hebble (Math & Sci) Donavan Ramon (WYS)
Ashok Kumar (at large) John Sedlacek (AFE)
Vikas Kumar (AQU) A Cynthia Shelton (WYS)
Li Lu (Math & Sci) Fariba Bigdeli-Jahed (Math & Sci)
Joe Moffett (LLP)
Faculty Senate President Sipes called the meeting to order at 3:12. Sixteen senators were present.
President Sipes asked for a motion, made by a senator and then seconded, that the Student Regent be added to the agenda after the Faculty Regent.
A motion to approve the Minutes from the 8/22/16 meeting was made and seconded.
This year's Administrative Assistant, Chandee Felder, was introduced, as well as new members Dr. Jens Hanneman from Computer Science, Dr. Caroline Gibson from Fine Arts, and Dr. Donavan Ramon from Whitney Young, a non-Senator member of the Curriculum Committee.